How do these specs look? 2rd generation Intel Core i7-3930 3.20GHz processor; delivers outstanding processing power for your system 64GB of DDR3 memory; tons of resources to provide awesome task handling performance NVIDIA Quadro 4000 GPU; astonishing graphics using 2GB of video memory 2TB hard dr…

Very nice. Bang Vs Buck ratio looks right on. Is this going to be a HP/DELL or homemade?

it’s an iBUYPOWER for a little under $3000

Do gaming cards (geforece) not do a better job at viewport speed then the quadros? I only remember the quadros outperforming the gaming cards with certain simulation tasks.

[image] Multimatte Element with Shave 7 Do gaming cards (geforece) not do a better job at viewport speed then the quadros? I only remember the quadros outperforming the gaming cards with certain simulation tasks. I bought a K4000 and I’m fairly happy with it. I made my decision based on this …

2rd generation Intel Core i7-3930 3.20GHz processor; delivers outstanding processing power for your system - I assume this is the K version? So it can be overclocked. I have this CPU but I recently purchased an Intel Core i7 4770K and overclocked it. Its around half the price and surprisingly it re…

I´d also go for gaming cards. Those benchmarks are not really meaningful for Max as max/nitrous uses DirectX. DirectX is usually way faster on gaming cards. Also the Geforce outperforms quadros in many benchmarks. For example Iray (I could magine it´s similar with VrayRT). The quadro 4000 only has…

I’d get rid of the quadro for a gaming card and i’m not so sure you need liquid cooling these days. have a look at this - http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high\_end\_gpus.html your quadro gets a score of 1900 - http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Quadro+4000 and for the same price you …

Next time I get a new workstation, I think I might push for a dual XEON. Just another spanner in your works :wink:

With VRay 3.0 and the Embree option, is it worth it moving away form intel?[quote=“Avesani, post:3, topic:45275, username:Avesani”] Next time I get a new workstation, I think I might push for a dual XEON. Just another spanner in your works :wink: [/quote]

My goal was one screaming machine and no slaves. Everything on one SSD drive, so no network slow downs. [image] Tiff Transparency Problem I’d get rid of the quadro for a gaming card and i’m not so sure you need liquid cooling these days. have a look at this - http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/h…

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V-Ray V-Ray for 3ds Max General

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I bought a K4000 and I’m fairly happy with it. I made my decision based on this test: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493.html

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